Details for Comanchero Trail

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5279000997

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Marker Number 997
Atlas Number 5279000997
Marker Title Comanchero Trail
Index Entry Comanchero Trail
Address FM 54
City Littlefield
County Lamb
UTM Zone 13
UTM Easting 733133
UTM Northing 3754247
Subject Codes roads; Native Americans
Marker Year 1970
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Littlefield, 9 mi. W on FM 54, N side between CR 95 and CR 131
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text One of several routes used by traders dealing with Indians, primarily Comanches (hence name). Weapons, whiskey and trade goods were swapped for stolen Texas cattle, horses and captives. Pursuit apparently began in the 1760s when Mexican hunters ventured out on "Staked Plains" (Indian domain) to hunt buffalo for New Mexico meat markets. Early explorers Zebulon Pike (1807), Josiah Gregg (1830) and Capt. R.B. Marcy (1848) told of finding Comanchero campsites and wagon trails on the plains. The Comancheros ceased to operate in the mid-1870s. (1970)

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